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This section of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 on flying discs collects 1947 FBI memoranda, teletypes and Army Air Forces intelligence papers. It includes F. M. Johnson's report of discs near Mt. Adams on June 24, 1947, the Maury Island claims of Harold Dahl and Fred Crisman, the fatal B-25 crash at Kelso, Washington that killed investigators Davidson and Brown, MIT findings that New Hampshire fragments were ordinary cast iron, and A. C. Urie's Twin Falls sighting. It ends with the Bureau discontinuing its disc investigations.
“United Press”17 pages
1947 '• August 19, 1947 this meeting. KENlffi:TH ARNOLD, Captain EMIL J . .S: ITTH, FRED CRI ~~ , Hi ;'OID DAHL, Captain DAv.:::DSON and Lieutenant BROHN of Army A- 2 Intelligence from Hamilton Field, Califor nia, all met in ARNOLD 1 s room at various times during the afternoon and evening of July 31, 1947 and discussed the flying di sc stor y as related by CRIS!JAN and DAHL. The Army Intelligence Officers, Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROWN, left about 2 :00 A. ~,. the morning of August 1, 1947 to return to Hamilton Field, California for Air For ce Day in a B-25 and were carrying some of the reported disc fragments . The left engine on the B- 25 burned an exhaust stack which in turn caught the left vdng afire, the wing subsequently breaking off and tearing off the tail. The B- 25 crashed, killing Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BRO IN . However, the Crew Chief and a hitch- hiker parachuted to safety. Intelligence Officers at ~cChorcl Field, Washington advised there was no indication of any sabotage . The pl ane crashed at Kelso, .,ashington approximately 2: 50 A. H. August 1, 1947. Five anonymous calls were received by a reporter, Tacoma Times, and the United Press ,;ire.man, Tacoma, between 11 :30 A. '.!., July 31, and 5:30 P. 1f. , August 2, 1947. The first call was to a Tacoma Times r eporter approximately 11:30 A. 11., July 31, in which the caller stated that there was a meeting taking place at that time in room 502 of the ','linthrop Hotel concerning the disc fragments found on Maury Island. The second call war received between ll :00 A. '!. and 12:00 noon, August 1, 1947 by the Tacoma Times reporter in which the caller advised that at that moment a big meeting was taking place in ARNOLD ' s room nwnber 502, ~,inthrop Hotel; that the B- 25 which crashed was carrying disc fragments and that UcChord Field officials had stated it was shot down or sabotaged . The third call was received Friday, August 1, 1947 at 5:.30 P. M. by the United Press nireman, Tacoma, in which the caller stated that the B- 25 which crashed at n.elso, -.1ashington was carrying flying disc fragment s and that the dead officers were Captain DAVIDSON and Lieutenant BROvlN, A- 2 Intelligence Officers at Hamilton Field, California. This call was prior to the release of the dead officers ' na~es by Army authorities and the caller indicated that when the names were released, it would verify the infol:mation he was furnishing was correct., The fourth phone call was received at approximately 6:45 P. ''. , Friday, August 1 by the United Press ·rireman in which call the caller stated the B- 25 was definite}rshot down and that if he contacted Army Intelligence officers, they would not deny it. The fifth phone call was received by the United Press 'ireman, Tacoma, at 5:30 P. ~:. August 2, 1947 at Vlhich time the c,n}ler stated the B-25 was shot down from the air with a 20 m.m. cannon; that the 1 hrine plane found recently on :•t . Rainier had also been shot down and that Captain SHITH woul d be taken to ~iright Field Tuesday morning. ~!hen the Army authorities released the names of the dead Intelligence officers which verified the information as given by the anonymous caller, the Tacoma TL~es printed this story on August 2, 1947 and carried several articles thereafter inferring that the B- 25 had been shot down or sabotaged because of the fact that it was carrying disc fragments . DAHL and CRIS!i.AN have admitted that the material which they sent to RJ..Y PAUfER had no connection vd.th any flying discs and have given a signed statement to that effect which are being - 2 -
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